Country House Love: Rosine + Alec's Borris House Wedding

Having fallen in love with the stunning Borris House, Rosine and Alec decided to let it's natural beauty shine through - with simple pretty décor additions, a sun filled outdoor wedding ceremony on the lawn and some truly epic wedding portraits on the grounds by the lovely Rubistyle. Get ready to fall in love, just like Rosine and Alec did...

Rosine and Alec first met while they were both living in Brussels. They played for the same GAA team, and soon became much more than just friends.

On a trip to France visiting Rosine's mum's family, Alec proposed. Rosine remembers..."We were in Grenoble, and had taken the cable car up to the top of the city. We sat for a while at the fortress at the top, overlooking the city and the Alps, then started our walk back down, and on one of our pauses, Alec proposed, it turns out about 1km from where my mum had been born, which made it extra special. We walked down in a daze. Then Alec had booked a beautiful guest house with a view of Mont Blanc from the room. We had a few days to ourselves before returning to Ireland and sharing the news."

Beginning their venue hunt Rosine and Alec visited the beautiful Borris House, which they realised from the moment they arrived would be perfect for them. Rosine explains..."Alec had always hoped to get married outside, and driving into Borris House, there was a beautiful large tree that was the perfect backdrop to our ceremony. Luckily we had a perfect day for it. We knew when we walked into the ballroom area of Borris House that it would be perfect for our reception. It has large windows and doors leading from the garden to the room, and we could imagine our guests enjoying one of the longest days of the year in the ballroom. Also, after talking to the owners, we knew we could add our own personal touches to the venue. It was also great to have bedrooms in the house to get ready in and not have far to go to collapse after the wedding!"

Rosine continues..."I loved our spiritualist ceremony, and spent hours plaiting our hand fasting ribbon, that we used in the ceremony to involve our mums as they did the hand fasting for us."

Following their nuptials under the sun, Rosine and Alec nipped away with the wonderful Rubistyle for some gorgeous portraits on the grounds of Borris House - whilst guests were entertained with drinks and lawn games.

Indoors all the décor was kept simple with some tissue pom poms, a homemade wedding cake and vintage bird cake toppers sourced by Alec's mum.

Such gorgeous light...

For their honeymoon Rosine and Alec spent two weeks in Barbados and St Lucia, diving and rum tasting. Rosine remembers..."We wanted to go somewhere where neither of us had been before, and with both of us having travelled extensively before and after getting together, the Caribbean was the perfect getaway."

Huge congratulations to you both and thanks so much for sharing you wedding day with us! A big thank you also goes to Rubistyle for sharing her work with us. To see more from Rubistyle visit www.rubistyle.com